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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON
Florent Mols (BELGIAN, 1811-1896)
Overlooking the Nile
Details
Florent Mols (BELGIAN, 1811-1896)
Overlooking the Nile
signed and dated 'Mols. 57' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 59 5/8 in. (80.3 x 151.4 cm.)
Overlooking the Nile
signed and dated 'Mols. 57' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 59 5/8 in. (80.3 x 151.4 cm.)
Provenance
with Galerie Berko, Paris, by 1984.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 October 1985, lot 235.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 October 1985, lot 235.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Warmenbol, L' Égypte vue par Florent Mols et Jacob Jacobs (1838 - 1839), l'orientalisme en Belgique, Brussels, 2012, pp. 57, 114 n. 16, illustrated, as Paysage désertique.
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie CGER, L'Orientalisme & l'africanisme dans l'art belge 19e & 20e siecles, 14 September - 11 November 1984, p. 51, no. 4, as Paysage.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan, 1985-2003.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan, 1985-2003.